Nine and counting: 'Shaky Bandit' hits another bank, FBI says

The man, who has appeared before tellers while wearing a surgeon’s light blue scrubs, a flannel shirt and camouflage cap, a construction worker’s orange vest and sometimes just a baseball hat to shield his face, has knocked off eight other banks in Broward and Palm Beach counties since the end of September.

The ninth bank, a Chase branch, was robbed Tuesday at 328 E. Northlake Blvd. in Lake Park. The suspect was dressed in a plain gray T-shirt, denim baseball cap and camouflage pants, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, he is accused of robbing a Chase branch in Jupiter.

The bank robbery suspect has been known to shake while he is robbing banks and has implied to tellers that he has a weapon, Special Agent Michael Leverock said Wednesday. No guns have appeared in photographs from the robberies that were released by law enforcement.

“We’re treating him as if he’s armed,” Leverock said then. “We’re gonna take his word for it.”

Oct. 10, 2:45 p.m., Chase, 2425 W. Indiantown Rd., Jupiter. Jupiter police say he left without getting any cash, and may have been driven away in a silver Mazda3 hatchback. And at 4:05 p.m., he is accused of holding up another Chase branch, at 328 E. Northlake Blvd. in Lake Park. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said he had “sunken in eyes.”

A series of recent bank robberies in South Florida may be the work of the same person, according to the FBI.

The FBI asks anyone with information about the suspect or these incidents to call 754-703-2000 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Broward County Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips and pays up to $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

To share information about the Jupiter, Boynton Beach and Lake Park robberies, call the FBI or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County, at 800-458-8477.